Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-05-26
TIE CARICATUR1STS.
THE PERSONAL PECULIARlTICS CT
SOME SAD FUNNY MEN.

Titumbnnii Sketches of Mast and Kcp=
pier, Taylor, Oppcr; Ncmblc and
Others-The Wofk They Have Done.
Caricaturing ia America.
At the Salmagundi dinner tho other night,
amid sixty of the iollicst souls imaginable,
one was far more srrightly and vitacious
than all the rest: 1t might not surprise every
one to hear that this was L. W. Ernhle Of
Tho Century, che of the humordiis artists Of
tho day. But to one whu knows the 'lumb
humorists of the timcs--the mon who mako
fun In silence with their pcncls-t was ex=
truorlnury UunICtists nre hrCvcrhially
hlcn IF pathetlr faca al.l sober Inicn; but bf
all the almost owlish gravity cvcr kIiew
among men these pencil humoiista have the
most. Take Mast and keppl", the satirIsts,
for instarice II Is sd1 that Kcppler Is cs=
man colony, but neither he nor Mast is funny
Or in any degree lively in English 10th hfe
about ~; and beth hate nade fnrlniirs ntil
alc taking things eusy. Mast IL ID li,%sr, i'll
most natty, little man, with n face ;liii''st
exactly like the pictures he makes of himself.
He is wrapped up in domestic Joys Mt his
country home in Morristowii, Suiite Uf us
got HIM on his fctt ht DINNER III Montreal
tho other day, but he lind nothing to say.
Whci, he talks at oil, which Is In private, no
docs 30 extremely sensibly:
Ecpplrr is,pn ptl,litIs he likes td stattlc the
town with Unconventional attire: HI j, apt
to stride through the streets with high boots,
worn outside of trousers 20 patched as to
suggest jersey cloth, a bell crowned. turn up
German silk hat, and . Spanish cloak wpiihd
round his body AMI thrown over ohu shoulder.
lie is scr!'rs ilian, and funny hs his pictures
III Puck Often ;tc their ptirpos' Is always
spfious. He il most interesting when he talki
Of his past. particularly Of the days when he
wis M cmpoye Mt SIS week, muking
fiinilv pictures ft,r Frank J,cslje, and liz ntih
Frank Leslie fell Unt over IS increase in his
salary,
STARTED FUNNY PAPER.
keppler nnnoli,n.cl his determination to
start Il funny t,al,tr, and Leslie warned him
that If he did lie would start one just like il
and drive him out of business. kcppler took
Schwarznann, the foreman Of LeSic'S print
ttS office, and they together, with 81 ,hW In
money, started the tiernlaii edition Of Puck.
1t was IA success, did IN year or two the
English rlitihn Was established. This re
manned II rcrb'r lantimy until kcppcr pub.
liSilrd iii it Il startling picture Of IL scenC OH
Fifth avenue, nftcr the death of fashionable
ahortionist. Flr>h that day 1t has ftotlrshtSl.
Nowno such pictures are published, both illus
trations and letter press having grown very
refined, and yet the paper gained 5000 rir.
cplat,oYp, lest year.
Iiddk at some of the junior raftuut,ists
Charles Jay Taylor, whose fun Is alnays
original, piqtant and rleentihs, iorks rs So
Der us a parSon when he Is psthlnring the fun
ncst faces and situations on PAPER, In COM
pany he is fetiring and quiet and hts wit only
scintillat"S ttnong those whU know him very
intimately. Taylor; 10y the way, is the only
conspicuous one Ut his min,ticr who received
All uit education The rest educated them.
selves Sober rs Taylor is, he is rxcclled in
this respect by Mr.. Zimmerman, Of Judge,
than whom tho most ti.tiid girl could scarcely
be more shy. Yet lt tA., hc as au,larious md
rollicking with his pencil hs ever William II.
ft,N"rs was with his lips. lie is from the
central part VI mis- state and mad. his wny
upward 'front.', humble beginning. lIc sstiil
in tho thirtcs
son OF A FoRrY-S1yER.
u. W: krmhle, 'ty tho way, il the svmad
Il California Forty:hiler, and after Il ln,aH
struggle attracted the interest of Mark 'lwaii,,
who gut hi,ii tn illustrate "HuckMlerry
Finn and ttet Introduced him to sable, the
novelist; wild fttt,k bim south. rhnUugh this
lie got OH Tht Century. While n, tho SOUTH
he fc|l 'ih l"tc with the Anpri0an iMri.-
can lis h ss,iitrr OF humor and any lllv one is
apt w lind him rooted in the, staret roaming.
IN 1ahsliter ut some comicsi lhl,l.;y passing
by, As said lie is the sniy arrlts whose
huninr Is externally vi>ila. lie is about 3.a,
or u. There was another, C. rn livelicr-ths
late D. A. Walcs--a born sntcrtainer, but lie
WIS too social for his owh sou.t.
~ Frederick Opper, of Fnsk, is \ su,lnl faced,
,ieck young man. with Mlllcl gray eyes and n
contemplative habit, frs ssys funny things
In his quiet, grave way, il he is obliged to, but
much prefers to listen. lie is closely related
to De Blowitz, tho l9ris correspondent Of The
! London Times. Ills Sssser is a writer and
gives him frequent assistance, though the most
remarkable frIninil~ lieutenant any huInor-
list has is the talented wife of Philip H. Welsh
the witty dialogue writer of The Sun and
Puck. Her help explains both the quality
and quantity Of this wonderful workers pro-
ductions.
CnricnturiuS in America has made cnor-
nous strides during the past ten years. What
artists call "comics' have appeared in our il
llstratcd papers for many years past. hut II"
great genius has come to the front. Mast ami
kcppler are both Germans, hut no Amcricam
l,ns specially distinguished himself in this art
any more than i'll painting. Europe, it Is
humliating 10 confess it, is ahead Of us in
this respect America has not Yet proinced
Gilray, IIogarth, a CruikShank, n Browne
or oven a Du Maurier. We shall improve
with age, and our rising humorous artists arc
very promising lot.-Julian Ralph in New
York Mail and Express.